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• The only really decent thing to do behind a person's back is pat it.
• Let's just say that where a change was required, I adjusted.
  In every relationship that exists, people have to seek a way to survive....
• When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.
  -- Samuel Butle...
• A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the pants. -- Wilcox's law